(October 25, 2012 at 11:20 am)FallentoReason Wrote: In those times they were perfectly fine with their chosen saviour god to have resided in the lower heavens while still holding human attributes. E.g. Mithras didn't slay a bull on earth to redeem mankind but rather in the heavens. I'm sure the same goes for Hercules' 12 works in that they weren't earthly occurences but rather "cosmic". Therefore, I don't see any conflict here between what Paul says and Jesus being a spirit.Sorry, but sweeping unsupported generalizations don't overturn the plain reading of the text, which indicates that Jesus was human. Spirits aren't typically born of women.
Quote:It goes to show the events found in the Gospels never happened.Are you arguing:
- that the gospels were intended as spiritual as well, or
- that the gospels conflict with Paul?